Digital Speech Analysis Tests Sobriety
...rch into a practical public safety device could be relatively easy.Law enforcement officials could record someone's speech at an accidentor traffic stop, then analyze it later against a sample taken at adifferent time. "If I can come up with a small set of parameters that differentiatesober and intoxicated spe...Rape Victims Find Relief From Posttraumatic Stress Using The Antidepressant Zoloft.
...ective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors) represent a relatively newclass of antidepressants which includes fluoxetine (Prozac) and fluvoxomine(Luvox) as well as Zoloft. Other studies of pharmacological agents for PTSDhave evaluated treatment primarily in war veterans. While PTSD symptoms aresimilar no matter the ...Childhood Sex Abuse Impacts Adult Relationships
...adult attachment relationships among women who are relatively young, attachment styles tend to be trait-like and are not expected to change much as the women grow older," Feerick said. On measures of trust, sexually abused women scored 10 points lower than non-abused women on a 108-point scale. Through statist...Early Menopause Stress Related In Developing Countries
...east-fed for most of their adult lives and have a relatively high disease load," Holman told attendees today (Feb. 15) at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Seattle. "These women have very low body mass, and their amenorrhea -- absence of menstruation -- may be ...UNC-CH Study Shows State Protects HMO Clients Poorly
... the North Carolina Department of Insurance does a relatively good job enforcing current state HMO laws,” s...on available to consumers about competing plans is relatively sparse,” she said. “Consumers can obtain financial information about operation of the plan......e market and Native Americanhealth care systems1 relatively recent entry into that market, managementtraining for current Native American health care leaders is essential to thelong-term viability of these programs. The survey also identified prioritytopics for management training. There was consensus that t...Study Finds Incidence Of Stroke Over 40 Percent Higher Than Previously Stated Figures
... primarily white and whosesocio-economic status is relatively high, says Joseph Broderick, M.D., professorof neurology, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, and first author of theStroke journal paper, which is based on the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentuckypopulation. "Dr. Broderick, using modern......oth the U.S. and Canadian socialsecurity plans are relatively immune to mortality fluctuations," noted Sze. However, he said, results of the Phase 2 survey of experts indicated ahigh degree of uncertainty about the rate of mortality improvement. "The experts definitely agreed that mortality imp...Hollywood Increases Film Portrayals Of People With Disabilities
...alkaway from the film believing serial killers are relatively commonplace. Butstatistics indicate there are only about four to five instances of serialkillers in the United States per year, according to Safran. Similarly, although Dustin Hoffman's portrayal of an autistic idiotsavant capable of doing i...Chemist Turns To Self-Assembly To Create New Drugs
... metal atoms toinstigate chemical self-assembly, a relatively new technique thatlets molecules put themselves together piece by piece. The metal matchmakers are versatile, allowing molecules tocome apart as readily as they form. Just as might happen if thetwo guests brought together at the cocktail party d...Need For HIV Guidelines For Health Workers In Developing Countries
...lth professionals working in these areas are often relatively inexperienced (for example medical students undertaking their elective) and therefore they are more likely to inadvertently expose themselves to blood and other body fluids. With such effective post-exposure prophylaxis available, if an in-country...Health Workers May Experience Costly Dislocation As Health Spending Growth Slows
...h sector growth has provided abundant new jobs for relatively unskilled workers, especially important for minority women. If that income declines and there is no apparent substitute, major portions of our cities will be extremely hard hit. Fein reminds us that we will make less beneficial progress if those who ...Drug's Effect On Chromosomes May Explain Second Cancers
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A relatively new and highly useful anticancer drugappears to work by cutting up the ends of chromosomes, a region known asthe telomere, new research shows. The finding may help explain a serious after-effect of the drug -- ina small number of patients, it gives ...New Study Designed To Improve Outcomes In Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer
...splant - when thevolume of residual tumor cells is relatively low - may be the ideal situation. However, an inevitable period of severe suppression in the patient'simmune system is seen following a stem cell transplant. Until the immune systemfully recovers, the vaccine likely would not stimulate the p...Abstinence Reduces HIV For High-Risk Women - Even Those Who Relapse - Study Shows
...ak-even levels of risk behaviorreduction are still relatively low for screening directed to women IDUs, thebenefit of even these programs is markedly diminished by relapse." This study and previous research have already improved the design and evaluationof HIV interventions, the authors point out. One benefit i...Safe And Effective Treatment For Acute Repetitive Seizures
...eridan. "This trial is a strikingexample of how a relatively small research investment, in this case about$850,000, will save American families substantial amounts of money by enablingpatients to stay out of hospital emergency rooms and to receive treatment intheir homes. It is also an excellent example of co...Voluntary HIV Counseling And Testing Reduce Risk Behavior In Developing Countries
...nseling and testing programs are very effectiveand relatively inexpensive ways for developing countries to curb sexual riskbehaviors that can lead to HIV infection, according to new research findings."We designed a study to definitively answer whether it is cost effective toinvest in these services in the devel......is new research might allowphysicians to prescribe relatively unsupervised long-term self-administration ofanti-clotting therapy, sort of an insulin-like injection for coronary arterydisease." By using enoxaparin, researchers were able to control von Willebrand factor, a"reactant" protein released into the bloo...New Elementary School Program Lowers Cardiovascular Risks In Children
...oom-wide and small intervention groups experienced relatively similar reductions in cholesterol, blood pressure, and body fat, as well as increases in health knowledge. When compared to the control group not receiving an intervention, however, the positive differences for both intervention groups were striking...Mini-Pill Increases Risk Of Chronic Diabetes In Women With History Of Diabetes During Pregnancy
...dose combination oral contraceptivesappear to be a relatively safe method of contraception for these very high-riskwomen." The combination birth control pills are the most commonly used ones andcontain a mix of estrogen and progestin. Kjos and colleagues report their results in the August 12 issue of the Journa...